• Coal

    In the United States and around the world, coal is recognized as an affordable, reliable source of electricity that will remain an important part of the energy mix for years to come. Working together with state and federal regulators, coal producers and the electricity generators have made dramatic strides addressing environmental issues associated with coal.

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  • Blog
    May 6, 2016

    Conflicting Coal Plant Autopsies

    With presumptive presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both in West Virginia this week ahead of the state’s upcoming primary, the issue of coal has emerged as a major media storyline. This focus began as a result of Secretary Clinton’s two-day damage control tour through West
  • Blog
    March 16, 2016

    An Unusual Campaign Promise: Unemployment

    In this raucous 2016 presidential campaign, the amount of press attention devoted to a candidate’s actual policy ideas has had a difficult time breaking through the day-to-day campaign circus. But even by these high (or low, if you prefer) standards, Secretary Hillary Clinton’s comments on coal
  • Press Release
    January 15, 2016

    U.S. Chamber Responds to President Obama's Latest Assault on Coal

    WASHINGTON, D.C.— In response to the Obama administration’s announcement today that it will be halting all coal leases on federal lands, Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy issued the following statement: “Another day, another front on the war on
  • Press Release
    December 18, 2015

    Energy Institute Applauds Vote to Unleash American Energy

    Lifting the Ban on Oil Exports Was a Top Legislative Priority WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century today applauded final passage of an omnibus spending bill that included lifting the longstanding ban on oil exports. “By voting to lift the ban on oil exports, Congress has
  • Blog
    December 7, 2015

    Coal Comfort for the World's Poor

    The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that 1.3 billion people—nearly one-fifth of the global population—do not have access to electricity. For the poor to be able capture the benefits of greater energy use and escape the cycle of poverty, energy resources and technologies must be “scalable
  • Blog
    November 4, 2015

    Oooooopppps: China Coal Consumption 17% Higher than Reported

    The New York Times reports today something a lot of people have suspected for a long time: “China, the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases from coal, has been burning up to 17 percent more coal a year than the government previously disclosed, according to newly released data.” How big is